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from its Bituatlon, been deemed impregna- 

 ble. He conducted himself through life 

 ■with that liberaiiiy, kisiduess, and disin- 

 terestedness which secured him the esteem 

 of all his brother officers. He was brother of 

 the well-known Sir Home Pophara, whom 

 he survived only six mouths. 



SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL, K.C.B. 



Sir George, whose untimely death we 

 have already noticed, was a younger bro- 

 ther of Lord Cawdor, and bred to the sea. 

 Having served in the royal navy from 

 his youth, he rose through the various 

 ranks, until he obtained that of Vice-Admi- 

 ral of the Blue. His reputation always 

 stood high iu the opinions of his brother 

 officers, both as an officer and a gentleman. 

 By the interest of his brother, Lord Cawdor, 

 he was for some time member of parliament 

 ■for Carmarthen, a station which he resigned 

 to make room for his nephew, the son of 

 Lord Cawdor, on the latter's coming of age. 

 T^Tiile iu that capacity he generally voted 

 ■with the opposition. We find the date of his 

 first commission as post captain to be in 

 1781, and as he died governor of Ports- 

 month iu his 59th year, he might have at- 

 tamed that rank at the age of 20. He was 

 promoted to a flag in 1801. 



■' ' COLONEL BYRON. 



This gentleman entered the army early as 

 Sn ensign in the Guards, and having attain- 

 ed the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and being 

 in possession of a good fortune, he retired. 

 From that period till he was far advanced 

 m life, he mixed much in the political world, 

 became an early member of the Whig Club, 

 and continued therein till its dissolution. 

 He was always closely attached to the party 

 of Mr. Fox, from which he did not retire 

 until far advanced in life. He attained the 

 age of 83. 



MRS. ANNE HUNTER. 



She was the daughter of Mr. Home, an 

 eminent surgeon in the Savoy, and sister of 

 Sir Everard Home, the celebrated surgeon. 

 Her marriage with tlie late justly celebrated 

 Mr. John Hunter took place iu 1771, and 

 by him she had four daughtere, two of 

 whom survive her. Mrs. Hunter had an 

 elegant talent for lyric poetry. The stanzas 

 of Queen Mary^s Lament, the song of In 

 airy Dreams, on the Death of an Indian 

 Warrior, and various other poetical effu- 

 •ionSjWill always be admired for their pathos. 

 They were, iu 1802, published in a small 

 volume. Soon after the death of her hus- 

 band she'retired into a small house, and has 

 lived since in a happy seclusion, accompa- 

 nied by one of her daughters. 



ADAM WALKER, ESQ. 



This self-taught genius expired at Rich- 

 'mond, after having attained the great age 

 of ninety. He was born near the lake of 

 Winandennere in the county of Westmor- 

 land. His father had a small woollen manu- 

 factory, uud having a largo family, he took 



him from school to work at his trade before 

 he could read a chapter in the Bihle. 



The boy had a mechanical turn, and 

 was fond of drawing, and all the time he 

 could spare from labour, he employed ia 

 drawing corn-mills, paper-mills, &c. &c. 

 aud even constructed models of them near 

 his father's dwelling, which surprized 

 those who viewed them. He borrowed all 

 the books he could, read them with avidity, 

 and built himself a hut for shelter under a 

 bush, where he read on a Sunday with- 

 out interruption. He wen.t on thus with 

 success, until a schoolmaster at Lesd- 

 ham, in Yorkshire, seeing his extraordi- 

 nary talents, ofiered him an ushership 

 under him, and this at the early age of 

 fifteen. But here he had much to leani, 

 and was often obliged to study over-night 

 what he was to teach his pupils the next 

 morning. After being three years in this 

 situation, he was chosen writing-master in 

 Macclesfield, where, after residing four 

 years, he made himself master of mathe- 

 matics by self-application. Here he after- 

 wards embarked in trade, but was unsuc- 

 cessful. 



He then began public lectures, and first 

 read lectures on astronomy at Manchester, 

 where he met v ith so favourable a recep- 

 tion, as to be enabled to establish an ex- 

 tensive seminary there. This he afterwards 

 relinquished for the purpose of travelling 

 as a lecturer in natural philosophy. He 

 visited many towns, and having become 

 acquainted with the justly celebrated Dr. 

 Priestley, was by that gentleman persuaded 

 to try his fortune iu London. He therefore 

 began his lectures in the Haymarket in 

 1778. Here he met with so great encou- 

 ragement, that he took a house and settled. 



His celebrity induced Dr. Barnard, pro- 

 vost of Eton college, to engage him to lec- 

 ture in that school, an example which was 

 followed by Westminster, Winchester, and 

 other great schools. Mr. Walker was studi- 

 ous, aud his studies led him to invent many 

 useful things. He proposed some plans for 

 raising water, for pumping ships, for car- 

 riages to go by wind or steam ; the patent 

 empyrical air-pump, the patent celestina 

 harpsichord, &c. but his great effort was 

 the Eidouranion, or transparent orrery ; 

 this was followed by the rotatory lights on 

 the Island of Scilly ; a boat to work against 

 the stream, another to clear the bottom of 

 rivers, a weather gage to shew the quantity 

 of rain, the strength of the wind, the 

 height of the barometer, the heat aud mois- 

 ture of the air ■, a mode of turning a river 

 into a wet -dock, a reed-mill, &c. &c. 



Mr. Walker published the following- 

 works 



Analy.«i» of Lectures on Katural Piiilnsopljy, 8io. 



Kslimateof the Cau-^cs and Etfeutsof unrthole- 

 soine Air. 



():i tiie Causee and EfliicU of HuioUey Chimneys , 

 8vo. 



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